Smokes-smugglers ring snuffed out in Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA — Authorities say they’ve broken up a major cigarette-smuggling ring in Northern Virginia.
According to documents filed in federal court, conspirators in New York paid smugglers in Fairfax County more than $4 million for about 200,000 cartons of cigarettes over two years.
Officials say many of the deals were done at an Annandale restaurant. Cigarettes were ...